Growing Kale in Pots For Fresh Greens All Year Long
Kale may be the perfect vegetable. It’s healthy, delicious, easy to grow, versatile in the kitchen, and it can be quite a beautiful addition to your garden. Accordingly, growing kale …
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The Best Time to Fertilize Plants for a Bountiful Vegetable Harvest
When is the best time to fertilize plants in your vegetable garden? In truth, that's a bit of a trick question. There are several factors that go into the fertilizer …
Watering, Weeding, and Fertilizing your Kale Plants
Once your kale is settled in—whether it’s in a container, a raised bed, or open ground—consistency is key when it comes to watering. If you don’t get rain on a …
Growing Winter Squash in Containers
The best winter squash candidates for container gardening are bush squash or semi-bush squash. They don’t produce side vines, so they don’t spread out, or they don’t spread out much—maybe …
Growing Beets in Containers
Beets are easy to grow in containers. Give each seedling about 4 inches of space. You can plant your seeds in rows or in concentric circles. Make sure the soil …
Growing Green Beans in Containers
Bush beans and pole beans both grow well in containers. Because beans are a warm weather plant, if your region has particularly cold springs where soil temperatures don’t warm up …
